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All the Stars and Teeth (All the Stars and Teeth, #1)

Adalyn Grace

Start date: May 1, 2020

Finish date: May 31, 2020

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Mar 17, 2020 Sacha rated it liked it

This book had so many ideas. Almost too many ideas for how short it was. Pirates, mermaids, magic, curses, and more. I think all of these things could have fit a bit better together if they were expanded. For example, the soul magic (because there were at least 6 different types of magic mentioned) was never fully explained how it worked. The protagonist, Amora, mentioned that she felt "the beast" taking over when she used it. She needed blood and bones and fire. It was all very confusing and I ...more

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Mar 18, 2020 Crystal ✬ Lost in Storyland added it

Shelves: review-copy, fantasy, dnf, young-adult

The magic system is interesting. I'm intrigued by the history of the islands and how the magic comes to be divided among them.

What didn't work for me:

1) I couldn't connect with the MC (Amora). Her heart seems to be in the right place, but while we get a lot of her thoughts, but I didn't feel like we get the soul of her character or any other defining traits that set her apart from everyone else out there.

2) The beginning has a lot of info dumping, which added to my difficulties connecting with A ...more

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May 22, 2020 Erin rated it really liked it

Shelves: own, ya-fantasy

I read this book as part of and r/Fantasy book club for the month and it was a surprisingly fun adventure read. I went into with kind of middle of the road expectations based on a few comments I had seen from people who hadn’t liked it and so it definitely exceeded those expectations.

The story has a largely nautical setting with an island kingdom. Nautical settings are my jam, so we’re already starting on a good note. I also thought the set up of the kingdom was interesting with each island prac I read this book as part of and r/Fantasy book club for the month and it was a surprisingly fun adventure read. I went into with kind of middle of the road expectations based on a few comments I had seen from people who hadn’t liked it and so it definitely exceeded those expectations.

The story has a largely nautical setting with an island kingdom. Nautical settings are my jam, so we’re already starting on a good note. I also thought the set up of the kingdom was interesting with each island practicing a different type of magic. It felt like the kind of thing I’d see in dystopian settings as opposed to fantasy setting and I really liked seeing it here. The magic system I also found to be fun. They reminded me a little of how bending works in Avatar which is one of my favorite shows so definitely a positive.

I also thought that while the story had a little bit of a slow start, it ended up being a fun adventure of a read. Our gang of main characters started off running away on a boat and we follow them as they bounce from island to island gathering the help they need for their goals. Once this adventuring started, I was very drawn into the story and probably read most of the book over the course of one day.

I also ended up liking the characters more as the story moved on. Initially I was not a huge fan of Amora as my initial impression of her was mainly as a very pompous girl. But as we followed her adventures and we saw her caring side come out I started to appreciate her characterization. Her pompous attitude came about as a matter of circumstance of being raised as an incredibly sheltered heir to the throne and being told that the people will bow to her and love her, so of course that’s what she expects from them. Her caring side serves to me to point towards the basis she has to turn into a good and caring queen once given the time to mature. Ferrick also initially struck me as too much of a cookie cutter good boy to really like at first, but I’ve started to come around on him and I hope to see more of his development in the second book.

My second criticism of this book, after the somewhat slow start, is the ending. While I was totally fine with where the book ended I thought getting there was a tad rushed. The ending of this book was how I predicted book 2 to end, especially as we got closer to the end and it felt as if we were running out of time to wrap up this book the way it did. So this totally changes my expectations of what the second book will be about.

The slow beginning and quick ending had me wavering between 4 or 5 stars for this book so I’d give it a 4.5/5 stars so I don’t have to decide

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